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The late Paul J. Achtemeier was an authority on the New Testament, serving as president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the first Protestant president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America.

This collection selects two works representative of a legacy of excellence in biblical studies. In Jesus and the Miracle Tradition, Achtemeier deftly uses literary-critical analysis to show the theological intent of the evangelists’ selection of miracle stories. Then, in Paul and the Jerusalem Church, Achtemeier examines the divisions that plagued the church in the New Testament and contends for a scrupulous examination of the problems that have beset the Christian community from its beginning, so that the church might move forward into the unity it is called to.

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Jesus and the Miracle Tradition

Examining selected miracles of Jesus and the Greco-Roman understanding of miracles in the Hellenistic period, Paul J. Achtemeier explores why the evangelists selected the narratives they did. Achtemeier takes individual miracles and uses literary-critical analysis to show the theological intent of the miracle story. He then analyzes how Mark and Luke view the miracle tradition within their larger task of recording Jesus’ story. Finally, Achtemeier dissects the Hellenistic conception of miracles to gain perspective on what the early Christians intended with the miracle stories of Jesus.

This volume provides readers with new and rich insights to the miracle tradition, enabling them to understand the theological and historical significance of Jesus’ mighty deeds.

—Frank J. Matera, professor of New Testament, The Catholic University of America

Pastors will value Achtemeier’s careful attention to the narratival function of the miracles. Scholars will appreciate the deft hand as redactional layers are peeled away to the earliest traditions.

—A. Andrew Das, professor of religious studies, Elmhurst College

Achtemeier’s anthology addresses miracle analysis from ancient myth, early tradition, pre-gospel formulations, Gospel redaction, and patristic reaction with a sophistication and purity of method that make the collection a must for Jesus miracle study.

—Catholic Biblical Quarterly

Paul and the Jerusalem Church: An Elusive Unity

In this volume, Paul J. Achtemeier examines the problems of division and disunity the early church faced according to the New Testament. The unity the church sought then remains a goal to be achieved in the body of Christ today. Achtemeier provides a clear, scrupulous view of the kind of problems that have beset the Christian community from its beginning. He argues that only through such honest reflection will the church be able to move forward, under the guidance of God’s Spirit, to that unity to which it is called.